A sci-fi horror movie that changed the genre provides fertile inspiration for Spectres new Alien Dagger silver coin "In space, no one can hear you scream." With that tagline, Alien burst onto movie screens in 1979 and forever changed science-fiction horror. Previously full of rubber-suited actors shuffling around what directors thought a spaceship would look like, [...]
Guns, bombs, ninjas, and The Last Supper. Mint of MK and Silver Pours keep up their reputation for weird and unique coins We can always rely on Mint of MK and Silver Pours to put out some of the more esoteric coins we see here, and they've not let us down again with this eclectic selection of [...]
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, created the Heirloom Seal of the Realm to mark his power. Spectres reimagines it in silver. For centuries, what is now China was a mass of disparate fiefdoms controlled by warlords, and fighting between them was constant. Born in 259 BCE the son of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, [...]
Carpathian Mint issues the first in its intricately detailed Carved Skull series of cast coin miniatures The market has welcomed an ever more eclectic range of three-dimensional coins over the last few years, and has been rewarded with some quite extraordinary designs as a result. Joining the genre is the Carpathian Mint with the first in [...]
The Axe of Ganesha is Spectres latest foray into weapon-shaped coins, and it's an extravagant one When you have lots of arms, you get to carry a lot of stuff, and that applies perfectly to the Hindu deity, Ganesha. The elephant-headed god is one of the most beloved in the Hindu pantheon, and known for his four [...]
Silver Pours goes fully dimensional with its cast silver anti-tank gun coin issued for Ghana We've already covered a wide range of cast silver weapons of various types over the last year or two, and their popularity shows little sign of slowing down. While most releases tend to focus on bladed weapons, there are an increasing number [...]
Footballs, anchors, and a phoenix-adorned blade. It can only be Coins Today's latest batch of silver coins and miniatures Coins Today have been busy of late, and there have been a couple we haven't covered as I try to keep things a little more varied here (not always successfully, I admit), but the latest batch is [...]
Numiscollect brings Christ the Redeemer, one of the New 7 Wonders, to silver with a dimensional coin In 2001, a campaign got underway with the aim of choosing the New 7 Wonders of the World, inspired by the ancient version that included such incredible structures as the pyramids in Giza. It was all unofficial, and not [...]
Hermes Winged Staff is the third of Coins Today's 'Divine Weapons' and the Twinfang Daggers join them Coins Today are back with another new pair of silver items, and as you'd expect from this South Korean producer, they're both a long way from being standard rounds. One is a novelty item, with a military leaning, [...]
A classic car is the latest cast silver miniature to join Coin's Todays portfolio We weren't sure whether to cover this release, which, as a cast silver miniature, is pushing the boundaries of what we usually write about, but with the increasing popularity of cast weapons, and some statues linked to coin franchises, I thought it [...]
